This blog is a bit of a ramble through my life. There's a lot about quilting and textile arts, a sprinkle of my family life and some of my thoughts and ponderings. We currently live aboard an old wooden 1945 Navy boat, called MV Cerego, so you'll find me writing about that too. Welcome aboard!

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Monday, May 29, 2017

Hey, I made something I can wear!!

I always have good intentions of making clothes. I have several lengths of fabric stashed away, a stack of patterns, lots of links to inspirational podcasts and bloggers who sew beautiful things for themselves. I just never get to it! I'd so much rather sew in two dimensions. I think the other reason is that I just don't know enough about garment sewing and I don't get a great fit the first time so then I give up.

But scarves! They are kinda three dimensional but mostly sewn in two dimensions. I can handle that. And they feel good, are an easy way to add an individual touch to an outfit and they always fit perfectly.

I whipped one up (really, truly, including hand sewing the tiny bit at the end it took me about 20 minutes) the other day out of a soft Stoff knit fabric. The fabric is very slightly pink and it's got birds on it. How could it not come home with me?

Do you know what I love most about this photo? Not that I don't look like a total goober, not that it captures both my wedding present mirror and my first ceramic purchase that I bought 'just because', but also because it shows me next to my kids height marks that we've been marking on the doorway since we moved on board the boat. My 12 year old son is only about 10 cm shorter than me!

I didn't use a pattern or tutorial because I've sewed a couple now and have it down pat.

To sew an infinity scarf, you get a long narrow length of fabric, fold it wrong sides together lengthwise and sew those long edges together to get a narrow tube. Then you turn it rights sides out, slip one end back over the tube (right sides facing), until you reach the other end. Sew the two ends together, leaving a small gap for turning. Turn it inside out and then slip stitch the opening together.

When you are slipping one end back down over the tube, you can choose to put a twist in it, which is what I did on this scarf.